Aaaaand… LEAP.

From my WordPress hosted blogpost this morning…

Well, surely bringing my blog to WordPress was a good move. I appreciate the features and love the layout. I love how there are some Stats built into the blog’s interface.

I love the platform. Love it. I would love to kiss it and stroke its hair and press it into my bewbies.

I don’t, however, love the totalitarianism of the .com.

My blog got yanked this weekend. I was assuming that it was the ignorant wet blanket dipshit that tried to buck up at me in the comments on this post this week. And why wouldn’t I assume that — WordPress yanked the blog down without so much as a peep to me.

I got a notice on my dash board that my blog had been yanked, but no email. No notification. Nothing. Simply put, they felt like I violated the TOS.

I went through and read the TOS.

Responsibility of Contributors. If you operate a blog, comment on a blog, post material to the Website, post links on the Website, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, “Content”), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:

the downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;

if your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;

you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;

the Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;

the Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);

the Content is not libelous or defamatory (more info on what that means), does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;

your blog is not getting advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, other blogs and web sites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods;

your blog is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company. For example, your blog’s URL or name is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own; and

you have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by Automattic or otherwise.

So, riddle me this, WordPress — where exactly did I violate the TOS?

I emailed the admin at WordPress because I didn’t think that I violated any terms. A full day later, I got this from Mark.

Hi,
Could the links to adultfriendfinder.com and other affiliate links be removed please?
We no longer allow those.
Thanks.
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Mark

WHAT THE FUCK?

Seriously. And the post in question was the NSFW Old Vag post. And the link in question? Here’s the context:

I’m all for people doing whatever it is that gets their socks off, within some basic moral parameters. But sweet Jesus – this is a DATING site! This isn’t Adult Friend Finder [this text was hyperlinked] dude! I could see someone posting something like this on Craiglist, even… But OkCupid? Really?

I cannot believe this shit.

So it’s either, A) that the jerk in the comments section flagged my post because her panties were in a twist and then wordpress actually had to figure out SOME reason to say I violated the TOS or, B) WordPress has issues with a website dedicated to helping people find other people to fuck.

Adult Friend Finder isn’t porn – though there is certainly going to be some questionable ads on the site – it’s, at it’s truest form, a DATING SITE. How does linking to a dating site violate the TOS? Is it because the people on the site are seeking to fuck each other only?

What the fuck ever, WordPress. I think, at the core, power trips are really fucking stupid. Whether it was the douche in the comments on the BlackRaccoon thread or the “big shots” at WordPress running things.

So, I’m moving my shit to a dedicated server OFF WordPress. Fuck the bullshit. Fuck the TOS. Fuck the regulation and restriction of free discussion.

FUCK THAT.

It’s going to take me a couple of days to get everything sorted out on the new blog, but update your bookmarks, if you haven’t already to simply go to www.datewrecks.com. My friend Emily is helping me sort out the details of posting to the new blog (ahhh! It’s totally overwhelming!).

After I posted this on wordpress this morning, my blog was yanked AGAIN.

/faceslap

Yea, AGAIN.

The email I got from Mark regarding it was less than. Just less.than.

Hi,
I am really really sorry – that has annoyed me as much as you if not more. It should not have happened.
Right now it cannot – really cannot – affect your blog again. Nothing the system does can.

I can only apologise and wish it had not happened.

Sorry.
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Mark

Uhhh… INDEED, Mista’ Mark. I’m off the wordpress server and enjoying the freedom.

So, guess what?